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‘DISGUSTING’ AREA CRITICISED ON WEB WHAT’S ON & WATCH EXCLUSIVE yourkenttv.co.uk I BY JAMES ALEXANDRE BLOCKED drains, overhanging bushes, unfilled potholes and defaced road signs are just some of the eye- sores in Swale highlighted by a dis- gruntled resident’s new website. Paul Dunford, 40, says he launched the online site Swale Is A Mess because he became “finally fed up and absolutely disgusted” after seeing lit- tle or no improvement to the surrounding area – despite repeated calls to the authorities. To date he has lodged about 200 complaints with Swale council and Kent Highways, who are SILVER SCREEN: Take a preview of all the responsible for maintaining the streets, including latest cinema releases. Search ‘film’. problems with 88 road signs. He is now considering withholding his council tax and calling a meeting of other residents in ALSO INSIDE protest at the lack of action. Lorry driver Mr Dunford, who lives in Dobbie COMPETITION ...... PAGE 15 Close, Milton Regis, told Yourswale he first asked LETTERS...... PAGES 16-17 the council in June to deal with a tree in Crown Road which was hanging across a footpath, forc- LEISURE ...... PAGES 18-26 ing people to walk in the road to get past it. PROPERTY...... PAGES 27-31 Three months later the offending foliage was finally cut back but he has continued to comment BUSINESS...... PAGES 45 on the state of the footpaths, roads and signs which are still listed on the site. Mr Dunford said: “I started up the website so other residents can see the mess Swale council and Kent County Council have left us in. “They are happy to take our money in council tax but they do nothing with it unless we report stuff to them, and then it takes them weeks to do something.” His campaign has started to attract supporters, Just a few of the many examples of Swale in disrepair featured on the Swale-Is-A-M ess wesbsite. including Roger Harris, 66, of Peregrine Drive, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Telephone advertising: 01303 817110 2 yourswale.co.uk Email [email protected] WHAT’S ON & WATCH MP joins the yourkenttv.co.uk yourswale TOP TV CLIPS fight to save NEWS IN BRIEF Charity auction DEMELZA House will host a dinner dance auction on October 24 to mark its tenth anniversary. Prizes being auctioned at the event at light railway Ashford International Hotel include a trip with world sidecar champion Tim Reeves and a 30-minute aerobatic plane I flight. BY JAMES ALEXANDRE Whitstable-born X Factor finalist Ben Mills will perform and tickets cost £40, MP DEREK Wyatt has or £350 for a table of ten, for a three course meal. offered to fly to Finland to For tickets call Demelza on 07939 negotiate a stay of execu- 019046 or 07976 820553. tion for Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway Green survey with its landowner. The Labour MP for Sittingbourne GREEN spaces in Swale are the subject Is it a bird, is it a plane? No it’s Fusion Man. Watch his and Sheppey said M-Real, which of a new online survey set up by the 1 owns Sittingbourne paper mill and council to find out what can be done to flight. See the leisure channel @ yourkenttv.co.uk the land used by the railway, had improve them. declined to talk to the tourist attrac- The questionnaire invites people to tion’s trustees or Swale council offi- comment on how much of this public cials about finding a way of saving it space is used and valued, if they are from eviction and closure. close enough to get to and whether they Mr Wyatt has “expressed conster- give enough of a distinctive identity. nation” at the paper manufactur- The survey is available at Swale coun- er’s attitude and requested an cil’s website at www.swale.gov.uk until urgent meeting with the board, October 31. even offering to fly to their head- quarters in the Finnish capital Helsinki if necessary. Puppy appeal In a letter to Juha Laine, vice FLIGHT OF MERCY: Derek Wyatt has offered POLICE are appealing for informa- president of M-Real, he said: “I to fly to Finland to talk to railway landowners would like to remind you about the tion after eight puppies and two dogs time when the ball was on the other to meet the trustees of the railway worth thousands of pounds were foot. I helped your own senior exec- in the middle of next week. stolen from kennels in a village near utives meet government officials Tony James, general manager of Sittingbourne. and I hosted a welcoming supper in Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light The animals, all cocker spaniels, were the House of Commons when you Railway, said: “We look forward to taken from School Lane, Iwade, bought the company. meeting with M-Real and hope they overnight on Monday last wee. They “I visited Helsinki to cement this will be willing to discuss the whole have an estimated value of £6,000. relationship. When redundancies scenario that faces the railway and All the puppies are six weeks old. Tantalise your taste buds with the Plant To Plate food happened at the mills I assisted will not for any reason rule out any Anyone with information is asked 2 local management officials, spoke to item we want to raise. to contact PC Ben Redpath on 07870 festival. See the leisure channel @ yourkenttv.co.uk the unions and generally gave your “It would appear to me that the 252237 or Kent Crimestoppers on 0800 company 100 per cent support at reason they have agreed to meet 555 111. every turn. with us is combined pressure from “I would welcome a meeting to bet- the press, from our local MP and ter understand why you have taken Swale council. Artist on show this position. Frankly, I am rather “However it is one thing talking surprised there has been no contact about the hole in the fence to M-Real A SHEPPEY-born painter is return- between us.” property which they always have ing to Swale to showcase his latest A spokesman for M-Real said the been willing to discuss, it is a totally work as part of the council’s cultural company was “surprised” the MP felt different matter to discuss the celebrations. the need to write the letter, that it future of the railway.” James Allchin, who has just fin- was always prepared to talk and The railway will be forced to ished studying at the Ruskin School meet with interested parties, and vacate the land by January 28 of Art in London, is featuring in an stressed any suggestion otherwise unless a compromise can be reached. exhibition being held at The Polka was not true. A special members-only day later Dot arts centre in Teynham from The Finnish company, which is this month and its pre-booked Santa Friday until October 26. selling off Sittingbourne paper mill Special services are the only times it The work of the artist, who is winner as part of a package with the land will operate before closing complete- of the first Swale arts bursary award, used by the railway,has since agreed ly on Boxing Day. will be in the Long Room.

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Violence against the per- the Sheppey cluster – was found to son and robbery are the most on conditions inside HMP be very safe with relationships common convictions among the Swaleside. between staff and offenders being population, the majority of which The category B training prison, the “extremely good”. are aged between 21 and 29. Five are majority of whose inmates are serv- 70 or over. ing life sentences, was found to be Education Chief inspector of prisons, Anne working hard to reduce both supply The assessment took place during Owers, said: “Swaleside has to man- and demand of drugs but there was March and April this year and age a challenging population of seri- “insufficient purposeful activity” to made a number of recommendations ous offenders and it is therefore com- WORLD IN SHAKEY’S HAND keep prisoners occupied. to the cluster’s chief executive and mendable that we found it to be a The report revealed about 40 per Swaleside’s governor. very safe prison. It was pleasing to SHEPPEY speedster Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne took the British Superbike cent of the population were locked up The report said: “There should be find that staff-prisoner relationships Championship at Silverstone at the weekend. The bike ace was crowned during the day and only spent eight sufficient activity places to occupy remained extremely good. champion after finishing third and second in the meet’s two races. hours out of their cells, below the the population purposefully during “The clustering of the three And the victory will allow him to have a crack at the World Superbike recommended ten. the core working day. Sheppey prisons had led to some It said race equality and relations “Prisoners should have greater and improvements in resettlement, but Championship next year for the second time, after racing for the world with foreign offenders was good, but more targeted access to education cluster managers had failed to title in 2003. found that black and ethnic minority and vocational training. ensure that there was sufficient pur- Shane said: “My season with Airwaves Ducati and GSE Racing has been prisoners were negative about their It also said that the prison “should poseful activity and prisoners spent incredible and I would like to extend my thanks to everyone involved who treatment compared to their white develop a strategy to address the too long in their cells. counterparts. negative perceptions” among black “This weakness needs to be has played a part in our championship winning year.” Healthcare provision was described and minority prisoners and “take addressed if Swaleside is to become FULL STORY ON PAGE 46. as “adequate”, although more needed specific steps to address the negative a first-rate prison.” ‘We are among the top councils in Labour and Tory dealing with litter’ CONTINUED FROM FRONT Sittingbourne, who said council staff duo voters’ pick hired to monitor litter are not doing enough. Opening Soon He said: “It is my opinion they only spot that which will not cost much to rectify in case it should consequently at by-elections jeopardise their jobs. “The general public must be made LABOUR’S David Sargent and the Hotel, Restaurant aware that the council will not do Conservatives’ Andy Booth were the anything constructive to improve victors in respective by-elections in lapses of cleansing or general mainte- Sheerness East and Minster Cliffs. Meetings & Weddings nance unless they receive complaints, Cllr Sargent, 49, gained 326 votes so it is up to us all.” out of a total of only 847 votes cast, a Brian Planner, Swale council’s head turnout of 23.1 per cent on Thursday. of amenities, said the council had Cllr Booth gained almost half of been working hard to keep the streets the 1,144 votes polled in Minster tidy, including using offenders to cut Cliffs, a turnout of 19.8 per cent on back trees and bushes and clearing the same day. up public spaces. The terms of office for the two WINNERS: David Sargent (left) and Andy Booth He said: “Earlier this year we newly elected members are until since 1985 and previously represent- established street scene officers to 2011 and give both of the main ed the ward as a borough councillor monitor and co-ordinate street parties on Swale council one addi- for 14 years from 1988 to 2002. cleaning activities and the first four tional member. Cllr Andy Booth is a presenter on months of this year has seen a The political balance is now local community radio station BRFM Bookings now being taken for Christmas significant improvement. Conservatives 27 members, Labour and also a Minster parish councillor. “An independent survey has shown ten, Liberal Democrats five and four A keen environmentalist, he has that over this period we are among Independents. promised to protect what remains of Howfield Lane, Chartham Hatch, the top performing councils in the Cllr Sargeant told Yourswale on the area’s open spaces and prevent country in dealing with litter. Friday morning that he intends to any more large scale housing devel- Canterbury, Kent CT4 7HQ “The cleansing and environmental make “good and early inroads” in his opments in the area. response teams perform a demanding new role and would focus on the Both by-elections were triggered by task and we would very much three priorities with which he fought the resignations last month of 01227 733892 welcome public help and support his campaign: litter, dumping in Sheppey First councillors Chris in keeping Swale clean and tidy.” alleyways and anti-social behaviour. Boden and Gemma Wray, who stood • The website is http://www.swale-is-a- A Labour party member since he down due to work commitments and www.howfieldmanorhotel.co.uk mess.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. was 15 he has lived in Sheerness moving out of the area respectively. Telephone advertising: 01303 817110 4 yourswale.co.uk Email [email protected]

yourswale Fears for residents compounds need for change NEWS IN BRIEF Children to keep fit with Chemical storage a hop, skip and a jump YOUNGSTERS from across Medway will skip class tomorrow to take part in the first Skip2bfit Challenge. The Medway Healthy Schools fitness face-off will see infant and junior school pupils compete for a range of cups including the individual, doubles and school trophies. There is also a medal for the top teacher. sets off reaction All entrants will be treated to free water, blueberries and fruit smoothies, as well as a I complimentary skipping rope. BY SIMON ROBINSON Artist slips her work into COUNCIL bosses will urge the Government to change hazardous best in show at dockyard chemicals storage laws, it has been CHATHAM Historic Dockyard has present- revealed. ed the winner of its open art competition Medway council is set to call on ministers to with a £500 prize. alter the current regulations, which allow A piece titled No.3 Slip by Sheilagh Dyson, businesses to store up to 1,000 tonnes of poten- from Maidstone, won Best in Show award at tially-deadly chemicals anywhere in the UK the biennial Art in the Dockyard Open without needing a licence or the permission of Competition. Twenty-nine entrants took the local authority. part in the competition, submitting a total of The council’s letter is expected to ask for a STORAGE: Up to 1,000 tonnes of explosive ammonium nitrate compound are being stored at Chatham Docks 46 pieces of work. total ban on toxic substances being kept near The art can be seen at The Historic residential areas and also to urge for a com- Speaking after the motion was carried, Mr ministers at the Home Office and the Dockyard until November 2, free of charge. pulsory period of consultation with councillors Chishti said: “Residents’ safety will always be Environment Department to ask for this legis- and residents to be added to the existing haz- paramount for me and I thank my council col- lation to be reconsidered.” ardous materials legislation. leagues in supporting this motion. Council planning chiefs said they issued a Nature lovers go wild on The authorities’ action comes just weeks “I now ask the Government to put residents’ refusal notice to Arcelor Mittal on the recom- after chemical firm Arcelor Mittal Kent Wire’s safety first and change this legislation.” mendation of the Health and Safety introductory weekend application to store 2,500 tonnes of the explo- Gillingham and Rainham MP Paul Clark Executive. sive ammonium nitrate compound at also announced he would ask senior ministers A council spokesman said: “Medway council MAMMAL watching, pond-dipping and Chatham Docks was rejected. to amend the law. issued a refusal notice for the above applica- guided walks were on offer at Shorne Woods The failed request highlighted the fact the Mr Clark said he was “delighted” the council tion under delegated powers on the grounds it this weekend during the country park’s company had already been legally storing up had thrown out Arcelor Mittal’s proposal and potentially poses an unacceptable safety risk, Kent Goes Wild event. to 1,000 tonnes of the material at their paid tribute to the residents who opposed the it is within a flood risk area and the absence of The free two-day event introduced would- Medway base – near areas of dense housing plans: “It’s all down to the hard work my con- details of drainage or for the management of be nature lovers to wildlife recording in the and the new police HQ – for some time. stituents have put in, so congratulations and potentially polluting incidents.” hope they will help maintain vital biological Rehman Chishti, the Tory parliamentary thank you for supporting me with this cam- The decision received cross-party support, records in the county. candidate for Gill-ingham and Rainham, sub- paign. with Medway’s Liberal Democrat party also Visitors also had the opportunity to talk to mitted a motion to full council calling for the “It has made a massive difference. I am backing the council’s ruling. leading wildlife experts, who were on hand Government to reconsider the rules. working hard and making representations to to identify specimens, answer questions and offer advice about how to encourage wildlife into gardens. Enjoy the tuneful return VIEW THIS CLIP ON Thousands flock to fools convention of the Russians to church yourkenttv.co.uk ORGANISERS were stagg- the Nag’s Head, and Del- luding the famous yellow ered by the popularity of the Boy’s son Damien. three-wheeler van and Del A RUSSIAN choir will return to Medway LOCAL Only Fools and Horses Only Fools Appreciation Boy’s eccentric outfits. next week for their seventh-annual tour. Convention on Sunday. Society president Perry Agh- Fans could also sit in Del- The choir Voskresenje will perform four They had expected 1,500 ajanoff, who organised the Boy’s chair and contemplate concerts across the county including one people to attend the event at convention, said: “It was bril- ‘get rich quick’ schemes in a night at St Stephen’s Church in Chatham Mote Park Leisure Centre in liant and has definitely been recreation of the Trotters’ on Friday, October 10. Maidstone – but were stun- the biggest one so far. flat, as well as buy rare The Anglo-Russian friendship began in ned when more than 2,200 “After 11 years of touring items from the show. 2002 when the vicar of St Stephen’s received fans flooded through its and seeing less and less peo- Mr Aghajanoff added: “The a mysterious email saying simply “we would doors. ple, Maidstone has taken us day was staggering, I can’t like to perform in your church”. People travelled from back to the hey-days.” believe how many people The choir’s latest programme includes across Kent to meet the Enthusiasts spent the day came along, this is the first extracts from Rachmaninov’s Vespers and actors who played Trigger, admiring memorabilia from time we had been to Kent Russian folk songs. Denzil, Mickey Pearce, Sid of the treasured sitcom – inc- and it was sensational.” To book tickets call 01634 841567.

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Surrey, including buildings in Rochester, Ivy Paige, 28, originally from Rainham, spent Maidstone and Canterbury. most of her youth performing in Maidstone with the Changeling Theatre Company from the age of 11 to 18, before going on to achieve Competition takes healthy international success as a showgirl. The dancer, who now lives in the county interest in hospital art town, will be showcasing her new perf- ormance at Mu Mu bar in Week Street, RETIRED health workers have been invited Maidstone, on Friday. to enter a Medway NHS Foundation Trust art Ms Paige said: “I spend a lot of my time per- competition. MASSIVE RESPONSE: The ‘heavy-handed’ action of excess policing has been criticised by campaigners forming in London or abroad and I felt it was Entries can be submitted in four categories; time I invested in my area. painting, sculpture, arts and crafts, and pho- “Mu Mu is a wonderful venue with its opu- tography. The winning artists will have their lent interior but you also have the option to work displayed in the John Spence Gallery at eat in the restaurant before the show. Medway Maritime Hospital. “The show has some of London’s finest bur- The contest has been organised by the lesque and cabaret stars, as well as some trust’s healing arts group, which aims to use incredible talent from Maidstone.” the arts to improve the hospital environment. We’ll be footing Tickets will be available on the door for £10 Entries can be brought to the hospital or online at www.ivypaige.co.uk at a special between November 3 and 7, entry forms are the bill for police rate of two-for-one. available from www.medway.nhs.uk. ontact Lens Ce e C ntre at climate camp Th I “We are still in the process of negotiations BY SIMON ROBINSON with the Home Office over their contribution to the total cost. TAXPAYERS are set to have to “We hope to have a final figure in the next few weeks and we will then make this avail- pay nearly half the estimated £6 able to the public.” million spent policing the Camp Critics have dubbed the cost “an outra- geous waste of public money” and accused for Climate Change protest at police of a disproportionate response and Kingsnorth power station. heavy-handed tactics. The Home Office has confirmed it is willing Eco-campaigner Janie Shiraz said: “This £6 to contribute £3.2m to the bill, which is like- million wasn’t just spent on the day of action ly to rise as other costs such as overtime are against Kingsnorth. factored in. “It was mostly spent over the course of the A spokesman for the government depart- week in stopping and searching every man, ment said: “We have offered Kent police woman and child entering the site, it was £3.2m and they have asked for more. We are spent keeping residents awake with the hel- considering that request.” icopter all night, and it was spent on police About 1,400 officers policed the event and running around on site with nothing to do as 1,000 activists attended the camp, according people sat in tents trying to talk about cli- to official estimates at the time. mate change. Specialist Contact Lens practitioners Officers made 100 arrests. Of those, 46 “Disproportionate response doesn’t even were charged, mostly with public order begin to cover it.” offences or obstructing the police. Kingsnorth Climate Action Medway Overtime spokesman Andy Rogers added: “I attended the camp and I feel the underhanded and Complete spectacles from £24 Kent police has revealed that policing the incredibly intimidating use of political polic- nine-day eco-protest cost the force £5.9 mil- ing at the camp was an out-and-out infringe- lion but added that this figure is likely to rise ment of my human rights, including my free- when final costs such as police overtime and dom of speech and the right under law to Large range of designer sunglasses further invoices are added. attend a peaceful protest. Taxpayers in Kent are facing at least £3 “Surely £6m of what is essentially tax pay- and spectacle frames million of the final bill, unless the appeal to ers’ money would have been better spent the government is successful. introducing a moratorium on coal-fired A statement released by Kent police said: power stations.” FREE spectacles with NHS voucher And Lib Dem leader says scrap plan LIBERAL Democrat leader Nick Clegg has Kingsnorth, no more dirty coal.” called for the contentious Kingsnorth power Liberal Democrats in Medway have repeat- plant proposals to be scrapped by the edly opposed the new coal-fired power station FREE CONTACT LENS TRIAL* Government. proposed at Kingsnorth on Hoo. The top MP said he wants to rule out a new Medway councillor Andy Stamp said: “The generation of coal-fired power stations, like the Labour Government is sleepwalking into cli- one planned by E.ON for the Hoo peninsula mate disaster if it gives the go-ahead to station, at his party’s conference in Kingsnorth.” 01795 425022 Bournemouth. Fellow Lib Dem, Cllr Geoff Juby added: “The Tel: He said: “Together we are going to have to Prime Minister is expected to make a decision use less energy.And much less dirty energy.It’s on Kingsnorth soon. If it is given approval it Unit 37, The Forum Sittingbourne the only way to stop the growing threat of dis- will open the floodgates for a further half dozen astrous climate change. There must be no coal-fired power stations, locking us into a high third runway at Heathrow, no expansion of carbon energy policy which will cause cata- *With every annual standing order sign up Stansted. 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Can you tell us a little about yourself? decided to set-up by myself. I saw a gap in the mutually beneficial. Every football club Q SME sector and decided to make the leap of requires commercial support from businesses QUESTION & ANSWER I am 32, live in Swale and am passionate faith. Fortunately I haven’t looked back since and we will continue to work together with Aabout the area. Hobbies include squash, and I’m delighted that lots of companies, and both Gillingham and Ashford for as long as it running, travel and playing Saturday league individuals, are now choosing Sirtcom as their is economically viable. football for my new team Sirtcom FC! I enjoy number one communications provider. meeting new people and thrive on challenges. What have you got planned for the future? SIMON You do a lot of charity work, tell us more? Q Tell us more about your business, what does Sirtcom Q Sirtcom will continue to grow and I have Qdo? I have raised money for charitable causes Amany exciting plans moving forward. We are a mobile communications company. Afor as long as I can remember, because I Our website www.sirtcom.com is constantly TURNER AI formed Sirtcom, SImon Richard Turner feel passionately that we should help people updated with a variety of special offers and I Communications, in 2001. We started supply- less fortunate than ourselves. Every charity am always interested in any new companies ing mobile packages to small businesses plays a vital part within the community, mak- that we might be able to help with those throughout Kent. The company now provides ing real differences to the lives of so many. It offers. both mobile and fixed solutions to both SME is my privilege to be able to contribute where I want to continue building on our enviable and blue chip clients worldwide. We also spe- I can. I am also a member of the Round Table reputation through service, ensuring we cialise in Blackberry and mobile PDA devices, for both Sheppey and Kent, which benefits remain ahead of the competition. as well as vehicle hands-free solutions. regional, national and local causes. I know you have a special offer for Yourswale readers. What is your biggest achievement in business? You recently decided to sponsor Ashford Town Football QWhat are you proposing? Q QClub. Why decide to do this? I would like to offer either a free in-car kit Winning any new business contract in I’ve always been passionate about football Aor three months free line rental for every Atoday’s climate is a positive achievement. Aand being able to combine this with a com- phone renewal. All you need to do is call the However, for me, retaining and developing mercially beneficial sponsorship deal is excel- office on 08701 423010 and mention working partnerships is the key for success lent. The new Homelands Sports Village com- Yourswale to receive the special offer. and growth. The fact I continue to maintain plex will benefit the football teams, business- many original accounts after all these years is es and public alike. We are naturally excited Finally, anything you’d like to add? probably my greatest achievement. to be involved in such a good project. Q I would just like to remind readers what a What made you start the company? You also sponsor Gillingham Football Club. Is there no Apleasant area Swale is. Q Qconflict of interest, sponsoring two clubs? We have plenty of green spaces, some good I had always aspired to be my own boss No, there is no conflict of interest. We have businesses and the local community is really Aand whilst working for O2 corporate, I Aspecific deals with both clubs that are thriving – long may it continue! & The managing director of mobile communications company Sirtcom, based in Queenborough, spoke to James Alexandre about his pride in living and working in Swale, and his passion for football.

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Inspectors spoke to young people, their car- ers and support staff as part of the review. ‘barmy’ airport plan The category rated as outstanding was for “helping children make a positive contribu- tion” which covered contact with family and I BY STEVE KNIGHT friends, sensitivity to the needs of biological parents and the involvement by children in the planning and delivery of services. Ofsted inspector Lucy Ansell said in her LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson report: “This is a strong service that deliv- needs to learn a thing or two about ers good outcomes, with elements of out- standing practice within the specialist serv- Kent’s landscape, says county ices and for positive contribution overall.” council leader and fellow Tory, Paul KCC’s Leyland Ridings said: “I am very Carter. pleased with this inspection report, particu- Mr Johnson angered residents, environmen- larly the ‘outstanding’ rating for a key area talists and politicians alike this week when he of our fostering service. I pay tribute to our suggested a new airport on an artificial island foster carers and staff for their work. off Sheppey could be the answer to overcrowd- “We will continue to work with children ing at Heathrow. and carers to make further improvements Cllr Carter has criticised similar proposals and action the recommendations made by in the past and says there is “no hope” of such the inspection team.” a scheme being implemented. He told KOS Media: “I think Mr Johnson’s suggestion is a bridge too far. Join the Gurkhas “All the mist and fog in the autumn and the wind and potential flood problems in the win- ter would make Sheppey entirely unsuitable for a celebration for an airport. “A much better solution would be to expand KENT’S Nepalese community is set to cele- Manston airport and bring much-needed NO HOPE: Boris Johnson’s comments about an airport near Sheppey have angered KCC leader Paul Carter brate its most renowned festival, Dashera. prosperity to the east of the county. The celebration represents the victory of “We are making our views known to Mr He added: “Mr Johnson is clearly putting highlights the fact that the Thames estuary good over evil and symbolises reunion with Johnson’s office, but the sooner we get togeth- London first and is showing a complacent dis- has one of the biggest groups of special protec- family and friends. er the better. regard for Kent. tion areas in Europe and is used by some Guests at the event in Maidstone can “I don’t think he even knows where Manston “The notion an airport could be built in the 300,000 migratory birds. expect traditional Nepalese dancing and is, so clearly needs educating about it. I find it Thames estuary and then linked somehow to South East director Chris Corrigan said that delicious food. very frustrating when he says things like this the high-speed domestic train service from to build an airport in it would potentially be Hundreds of serving and former Gurk- and we obviously need to have a chat.” Sittingbourne is schoolboy thinking. “the single biggest piece of environmental van- has, who are recruited from Nepal, live in Cllr Carter said he did not expect to be able “The investment overheads at a time of cost dalism” ever perpetrated in the UK. Kent with their families. to speak to Mr Johnson at the Tory party con- pressures on the whole air passenger industry He added: “Mr Johnson doesn’t seem to have Limbu Ratna, chairman of the county ference this week, but he added he would at are truly prohibitive. Kent has insufficient grasped UK law that before you destroy a pro- town’s Nepalese community organisation, one of two meetings the pair will be attending commercial and passenger hinterland to justi- tected habitat you have to recreate it some- said: “We want to share this special festival next month. fy a London airport. All logic suggests the obvi- where else first. with our friends in Maidstone and look for- Mr Johnson’s comments also angered mem- ous location for growth, if it is really necessary, “How do you recreate massive areas of the ward to welcoming them.” bers of KCC’s Labour group, who say the is to the west of London. Thames estuary? And even then he would The 15-day national festival traditionally mayor is trying to placate west London voters “What strikes me as truly disturbing is that have to prove there is no alternative site for takes place after the rice harvest. The Kent opposed to the growth of Heathrow. the Mayor of London can make these sorts of the expansion anywhere else. It’s just ludi- celebration will be at Maidstone Leisure Shadow cabinet spokesman Cllr Roger remarks with, presumably, no consultation crous. We have been here before and the facts Centre from 7.30-10pm on Friday. Truelove described it as “another barmy Tory with his colleagues in Kent.” remain the same – the idea of an airport in the For more information, phone 07828 129 proposal”. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Thames estuary is a total non-starter.” 099 or email [email protected].

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And even then he would have to YOUR LETTERS prove there is no alternative site for the expansion anywhere else. TALK TIME It’s just ludicrous. Put simply, we have been here before, we have dotted every ‘i’ MARTIN and crossed every ‘t’, and then as now the facts remain the same – CLARKE the idea of an airport in the Thames Estuary is a total non- The owner of Swale starter. Martial Arts Club in Chris Corrigan, Sittingbourne, who has director of RSPB South East, by email. competed internationally in judo, jiu jitsu and sombo, talks about how martial Daft idea to build training can help youngsters learn discipline and respect. Development is on a virtual bomb What a stupid idea to build an Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? basically vandalism airport in the sea off Sheppey – I am 58, I hold an eighth dan grade in judo, sixth dan in has no one heard of the USS jiu jitsu, am a grandmaster in sombo, and am the ‘Boris Island’, as London Mayor Richard Montgomery? founder of the combat sombo system. Boris Johnson’s idea for an This warship with its cargo of I was a reserve for the 1980 Olympics judo squad, a airport next to the Isle of munitions is slowly rotting on world silver medallist in jiu jitsu and sombo wrestling Sheppey has been dubbed, has the seabed. It is considered far world masters judo champion. been conclusively proven to be a too dangerous to move as its I first competed for Great Britain in 1967 aged 17 and complete non-starter ecologically, COMMENT ONLINE TOO cargo is so unstable. finished at 51 due to injury, and I’ve been waiting five environmentally and So the perfect place to put a years for a new knee and hip. economically. NOT only can you use email and letters to respond to our stories, don’t busy airport then – on top of a To revisit the issue is a forget you can comment via our website too. virtual bomb. What first interested you in judo? complete waste of everyone’s If it went off I’m sure even I first started judo at five years old. My parents started time and energy. Beneath most stories on the www.yourswale.co.uk website there is the Boris Johnson would hear the the judo club for my brother and I in 1957. The estuary contains one of facility to leave your comments on whatever YOU thought of the online bang from his London offices. Europe’s biggest arrays of article. Paula Stoddart, What do you hope you and your club can achieve in internationally-protected wildlife from Sheerness, by email. the future? habitat – Special Protection To leave your remarks, simply click on the ‘Add your comments’ link and We have been the most successful judo and grappling Areas – in Europe and is used by tell us what you think. And remember, www.yourswale.co.uk is updated club in the South East. This will continue but we hope to 300,000 migratory birds. daily, bringing you the latest, breaking news from across Faversham, have our members competing in the international belt To build an airport here would Sittingbourne, Sheerness and all the villages in Swale. wrestling event as well. potentially be the single biggest Build us a dyke The club teaches self discipline, self control, respect for piece of environmental We will include the best on these pages too – ensuring your comments others, honesty, integrity, and respect for this country vandalism ever perpetrated in reach the widest possible audience. In addition, if you find your while they’re at it and its laws. the UK. newsagent, supermarket or petrol station runs out of Yourswale before In the words of judo founder Jigaro Kano: “Judo in What’s more, the idea of an you’ve picked up your copy, you never need to miss out. Hadn’t realised that Boris is reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a airport in the Thames Estuary On www.yourswale.co.uk you can access, for free, the full newspaper in Mayor of Swale! principle of life, art, science. In fact it is a means for was exhaustively investigated by However, if such major works personal cultural attainment.” the Government between 2002 our highly-acclaimed e-editions. are going to happen, could they and 2005, and conclusively ruled not also incorporate a dike Where can people find out more about taking part? out as a viable option. running from the mainland east Go to www.youngjudoclub, email youngjudoclub The investigation found an airport in the UK. The campaign Mr Johnson doesn’t seem to of Sheppey across to Essex, with @yahoo.co.uk, or call 01795 437124. estuary airport did not make against the airport also have grasped UK law that before a new tidal barrier in the sense economically, would not generated the biggest response to you destroy a protected habitat shipping lanes and a high-level meet the requirements of the a Government consultation, with you have to recreate it bridge for road traffic to the aviation industry and presented the RSPB and local communities somewhere else first. northern two-thirds of the a significantly higher risk of ‘bird collecting 150,000 letters of How do you recreate massive British Isles, avoiding London? strike’ than at any other major protest. areas of the Thames Estuary?! That might protect the

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